Are Tori And Jordan Overplaying Their Challenge Hand?

Tori and Jordan proved on War of the Worlds 2 that — even if the cards aren’t falling in your favor — you could still win big. However right now that a whole new game — Total Madness — is underway, and the rules of the game changed, their bold behavior is begging the question: Is the newly engaged Challenge couple fully overplaying its hand?


On the latest episode of MTV’s consummate competition series, the elimination-round heavy-hitters — two missions into Season 35 — continued to perform in the middle of the pack. Soon after Airdrop Extraction, which challenged players to transfer a series of heavy medical crates before top performers proceeded to a helicopter bombing mission, neither Tori nor Jordan had earned a spot in The Tribunal.


Still, with a girls’ day in Purgatory looming, Tori hoped that Dee — who’d eventually won the mission alongside teammates Swaggy C and Cory — would throw Tori a bone and nominate her to square off against Jenn in the forthcoming elimination round. Taking on newbie Jenn, Tori presumed, would likely amount to a sure-thing win, and Tori was fixated on earning the game’s second Red Skull, which would guarantee her the opening women’s spot in the final mission.


The only problem? Dee mentioned she’d already promised Jenny the possibility to take out Jenn in Purgatory, and though Tori seemed receptive to Dee’s argument, Jordan — who rightfully pointed out that he and Tori were essential parts of Dee’s WOTW2 victory — wasn’t so prepared to let Dee off the hook.


and thus, as a united front, Tori and Jordan played their trump card: They threatened Dee however nicely, and with the help of zany parochial humor!).


“We won her 1/4 of a million dollars,” Jordan mentioned, noting that Dee was making also several promises to also several people. “If she wants to go this way, I am done working for her…Dee needs to get her priorities straight.”


Yet Dee didn’t back down.


“I think what Jordan and Tori are attempting to do is play good cop/bad cop,” she mentioned. “They don’t know that I’ve got big balls and I’m not scared of either of them.”


Soon considering that was mentioned and done, Dee’s Tribunal did nominate Tori as a potential Purgatory contender alongside Jenny and Big T. Nevertheless as soon as it came time for the Tribunal to cast their final votes, Dee stuck to her guns and gave Jenny the go-ahead, leaving Tori on the sidelines.


And — no surprise — Jenny blew Jenn away in “Flip the Switch,” which challenged players to hurl a series of barrels up and over an assortment of wooden beams.


Tori, though, was hardly impressed, and reiterated that Dee’s choice would come back to haunt her.


“Now you have two people who are gonna be rubbed the incorrect way,” Tori said.


However do Tori and Jordan have reason to feel so betrayed, and are they creating needless problems for themselves by harping on Dee’s alliance with Jenny? Immediately considering that, the more people they aggravate, the far less likely anyone will do them the favor of nominating them into Purgatory and helping them claim Red Skulls.


What do you know — are Tori and Jordan fully overplaying their hands, and should they operate with a little more secrecy so early in The Challenge residence? Or, does Total Madness encourage bold moves, and are they smart to act aggressively? Share your thoughts, and visualize how things shake out on the second Challenge episode!